June 21st, 2013, 10:39 AM | #1 |
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Rear wheel spitting up onto the fender & rear seat. Solutions?
I'm surprised I didn't find anyone talking about this, but I just got a 300 and the worst I've found about it is that the rear fender doesn't reach back as far as the rear wheel, so there's quite a bit of wheel in which the tangent spits up gravel and water up, which ends up on the fender and the rear seat.
Rode for some miles on wet pavement during the weekend and my GF got her ass like she had sit in a puddle. What are the options to fix this? Some kind of "rear end hugger" perhaps? Thanks for any help. |
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June 21st, 2013, 10:57 AM | #2 |
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June 21st, 2013, 11:06 AM | #3 |
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In pictures, it looks about as long as any bike's fender. Maybe you could bend the license plate rearward a little, or add an extension made of plastic or sheet aluminum.
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June 21st, 2013, 11:08 AM | #4 |
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June 22nd, 2013, 10:08 PM | #5 |
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There are a few extended huggers out there (SSR's carbon hugger for example).
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June 22nd, 2013, 11:12 PM | #6 |
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I don't have that problem at all with mine.
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June 27th, 2013, 03:14 PM | #7 |
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June 28th, 2013, 10:16 AM | #8 |
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June 28th, 2013, 12:07 PM | #9 |
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But that's the purpose of the fender... to take the crap from the road so it doesn't end up on you. And the 300 already comes with a rear-hugger, which doesn't extend super far but still at least protects the rear shock and what not. Its not perfect but I'm sure it would be much worse if you did a rear fender elimination.
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June 28th, 2013, 05:52 PM | #10 |
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Well, I kinda agree with that, except that I expect the fender's bottom to be dirty, not the top. XD
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July 1st, 2013, 04:01 AM | #11 |
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you might need to make your own splash guard then...
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Unless you replace the original fender (no much help either), there is no much more that you can do other than making her tuck some behind you, wear a full face helmet and a back pack. Those things will move the zone of turbulence aft some, maybe flushing some of the splash back and even improving the coefficient of drag and your top speed.
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July 1st, 2013, 09:24 AM | #13 |
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Very creative! Have the pillion wear a backpack to prevent splashes on pillion's ass... definitely worth a shot.
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July 1st, 2013, 09:20 PM | #15 | |
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That is GORGEOUS.
If I saw one of those for sale that fitted the Ninja I'd buy it INSTANTLY. Quote:
However, that reasoning has a major flaw: there was no water in the air. It had already stopped raining when we started riding, and no part of the bike got wet except for the rear fender and passenger seat. Also, besides from water, I've found gravel on the fender, and I don't recall having driven through any clouds of gravel. BTW, here's some guy experiencing the same thing on another entirely different bike, so it's not all that implausible after all. |
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July 1st, 2013, 10:12 PM | #16 |
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July 1st, 2013, 11:43 PM | #18 |
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Lol, that's not my bike, and it's pretty much from normal street riding too. Monsoons here are very wet and roads are always dirty... Not a good combination
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July 2nd, 2013, 07:11 AM | #19 | |
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The zone of low pressure and turbulence exists behind your back and the rear of the bike any time that your bike is moving through the air at certain speed. The air is simply trying to fill up the space that an instant earlier was occupied by your body and bike. No rain or water or mud on the road and you don't see that happening, but there is air turbulence behind you. Your tire is spitting water, mud and occasional pieces of gravel into that zone and then is sucked by that zone of low pressure and turbulence, landing on your back and seat.
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July 8th, 2013, 04:03 PM | #20 |
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Probably right.
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July 29th, 2013, 07:52 AM | #21 |
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These things are popular here in Asia as it is rainy season now.
I dont like the look & dont use the ninja in the rain if I can help it so dont have one. They run about $60 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68nBf3xjMXM |
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July 29th, 2013, 01:00 PM | #22 |
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That's nice. Any ideas where I could get myself one?
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